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When social media makes you feel excluded from everyone's life

I scroll through Instagram stories of people at parties I wasn't invited to and feel this hollow ache in my chest that makes me want to delete everything but I can't because then I'd miss out on even more.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The endless stream of curated moments creates a painful illusion of separation from a connection that was never real to begin with.

Ideas that help explain it
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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.